Make a Fistful of Slime!
Categories: 5th Grade, Science
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Pour ⅓ cup of water into the bowl. If you want to add food coloring, drip five drops into the water.
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Measure ¾ cup of cornstarch and begin sprinkling it into the water, a little at a time, until the measuring cup is empty.
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Let the concoction stand for three or four minutes.
Now reach a hand (or both!) into the concoction and press the slime into a hard ball. Open your hand and watch and feel the ball return to its liquid state!
Store your slime in a resealable bag. (Never pour slime down the drain. If you need to discard it, put it in the trash.)
Why it Works
Slime is a polymer (a natural or man-made compound made of long chains of identical molecules called monomers). It's also a "non-Newtonian fluid." That means it breaks the rules that scientist Isaac Newton wrote saying a liquid moves and acts the same whether you're squeezing it, holding it, or just observing it. How does it do it? Cross-links of molecules and the right proportion of ingredients!
Adapted from "Cool Chemistry Concoctions: 50 Formulas that Fizz, Foam, Splatter and Ooze" by Joe Rhatigan and Veronika Alice Gunter (Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2007). www.larkbooks.com










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